What you will learn

In Manual NVR Part 3, we will focus on the lower extremities, assess lower body patterns, and develop a detailed understanding of the anatomy and function of the lower legs and feet. We will consider the structural balance within the feet, arch support, mid-foot stiffness, bunions, plantar fasciitis, knee issues, and how to help people adapt to minimal shoes. 

You can expect from this course that you will experience improved one-legged balance and foot articulation in your own body, as well as a greater experiential understanding of how the work that we have done in the core of the torso is helpful for leg and foot symptoms. We will revisit the hamstrings and quads to explore how these affect tibial rotation and patellar tracking. We will explore the neural and vascular contribution to the spiral patterns that wind down through the lower limb. Adding detailed lower leg and foot techniques to your sessions will improve your clients' agility, resolve old injuries, and help prevent new injuries to the lower body.

Prerequisite: NVR Parts 1 and 2, either distance learning or in-person.

Plan for your next courses

In Manual NVR Part 4, we will learn hand and forearm work and discuss how neurovascular work can support the organs. Some of our focus will be on "listening and questioning," which will give us the opportunity to review techniques from Parts 1, 2, and 3 as we explore structural and functional balance throughout the body. 

Manual NVR Part 5 is a practicum focused on assessment and practical application. In full sessions with outside models, you will apply all that you have learned in Parts 1 through 4, practicing session strategy under Kier’s guidance. This is a great opportunity to bring family members with you to receive work!

Distance learning format

Recorded and live sessions total 28 plus hours, spread across five weeks

  • Spread out your learning over time. Practice the techniques and strategies you just learned and then return to class the following week with questions.

  • Reduce your travel costs!

  • Each week, watch four hours of recordings and attend a 90-minute live mentoring session.

Each week, watch four hours of recordings and attend a 90-minute live mentoring session.

Watch the class recordings on your own and attend five live mentoring sessions at 9am Pacific time (GMT-8:00)

  • Curated videos edited into short segments allow you to plan your practice time

    Watch the anatomy lessons, technique demonstrations, and guided practice segments, then replay the demos or guided practice segments while you work with your model (a practice client).

  • Bring your questions and a model (practice client) to the live mentoring session each week

    After answering your questions, Kier will guide you through technique practice during the second half of each 90-minute group mentoring session.

Course curriculum

    1. Welcome! Mark your calendar with these class dates. Schedule a private zoom call with Kier.

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    2. Content for this course, plus ongoing support outside of regularly scheduled classes

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    3. Refund Policy and Agreements for Participants

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    4. Continuing Education Credits

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    1. Zoom Link

    2. Ensuring the best internet connection and Zoom experience!

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    1. Introduction to your Technique Manual, including your agreement about copyright

    2. 2024 Manual NVR Part 3 technique manual

    1. Orientation to full class recordings

    2. Part 3 Class 1 Video 1: intro to spinal erectors, importance of using listening and questioning

    3. Part 3 Class 1 Video 2: explanation and first example of listening and questioning exercise

    4. Part 3 Class 1 Video 3: beginning of mini-session - one to three things

    5. Part 3 Class 1 Video 4: mini-session continues - artery supply to spinal erectors using questioning to find one or more long levers

    6. Part 3 Class 1 Video 5: wrap-up of spinal erector release mini-session and questions about dural glide

    7. Part 3 Class 1 Video 6: anatomy review - lumbar and sacral nerves

    8. Part 3 Class 1 Video 7: anatomy review - arteries of posterior pelvis

    9. Part 3 Class 1 Video Video 8: demonstration - pre-tests for hips and pelvis, and artery to piriformis

    10. Part 3 Class 1 Video Video 9: guided practice - doing one balancing thing for the pelvis

    11. Part 3 Class 1 Video Video 10: demonstration - new pretest and release of artery tension into lower leg (page 13, handles 1 and B)

    12. Part 3 Class 1 Video Video 11: guided practice - new pretest and release of artery tension into lower leg (page 13, handles 1 and B)

    13. Part 3 Class 1 Video Video 12: anatomy - perforating arteries of lower leg (page 16)

    14. Part 3 Class 1 Video Video 13: demonstration - perforating arteries of lower leg (page 16)

    15. Part 3 Class 1 Video Video 14: guided practice - perforating arteries of lower leg (page 16)

    16. Part 3 Class 1 Video Video 15: discussion after guided practice - perforating arteries of lower leg (page 16)

    17. Part 3 Class 1 Video Video 16: anatomy - artery supply to popliteus

    18. Part 3 Class 1 Video Video 17: discussion after practicing artery supply to popliteus

    19. Part 3 Class 1 Video Video 18: anatomy - saphenous and posterior tibial nerves near the knee

    20. Part 3 Class 1 Video Video 19: demonstration - flossing posterior tibial nerve

    21. Part 3 Class 1 Video Video 20: guided practice - flossing posterior tibial nerve and doing one more thing

    22. Part 3 Class 1 Video Video 21: final check-in regarding close of mini session and homework

    23. 2024-10-08 Manual NVR Part 3 Class 1 Q&A - Session 1

    24. 2024-10-09 Manual NVR Part 3 Class 1 Q&A - Session 2

    25. the image Ari referred to during the 2024-10-09 Manual NVR Part 3 Class 1 Q&A - Session 2

    1. Part 3 Class 2 Video 1: Intro to class 2

    2. Part 3 Class 2 Video 2: neck question, related to heart

    3. Part 3 Class 2 Video 3: anatomy - muscles, nerves, and vessels crossing the knee

    4. Part 3 Class 2 Video 4: demonstration - saphenous nerve and superficial femoral artery along sartorius pathway, saphenous nerve at knee (pages 7-8, 9)

    5. Part 3 Class 2 Video 5: guided practice - saphenous nerve and superficial femoral artery along sartorius pathway, saphenous nerve at knee (pages 7-8, 9)

    6. Part 3 Class 2 Video 6: demonstration - genicular arteries

    7. Part 3 Class 2 Video 7: discussion of results after working around the knee

    8. Part 3 Class 2 Video 8: story about supportive adaptation around the knee

    9. Part 3 Class 2 Video 9 - bent-knee hamstring stretch and self-treatment for posterior femoral cutaneous nerve

    10. Part 3 Class 2 Video 10: demonstration - medial, lateral, and collateral branch of sural nerve (page 19)

    11. Part 3 Class 2 Video 11: guided practice - medial, lateral, and collateral branch of sural nerve (page 19)

    12. Part 3 Class 2 Video 12: demo and guided practice - saphenous nerve below knee (pages 9, 14-15)

    13. Part 3 Class 2 Video 13: anatomy - cutaneous nerves in anterior thigh

    14. Part 3 Class 2 Video 14: anatomy - superficial fibular nerve into top of foot (page 17)

    15. Part 3 Class 2 Video 15: demonstration - superficial fibular nerve into top of foot (page 17)

    16. Part 3 Class 2 Video 16: guided practice - superficial fibular nerve into top of foot (page 17)

    17. Part 3 Class 2 Video 17: side conversation - torsion within the tibia and hypermobility

    18. Part 3 Class 2 Video 18: discussion - superficial fibular nerve into dorsum of foot

    19. Part 3 Class 2 Video 19: anatomy - working with artery supply to vastus lateralis for improved patellar tracking

    20. Part 3 Class 2 Video 20: demonstration - working with artery supply to vastus lateralis for improved patellar tracking

    21. Part 3 Class 2 Video 21: guided practice - working with artery supply to vastus lateralis for improved patellar tracking

    22. Part 3 Class 2 Video 22: anatomy and demonstration - intro to lower leg posterior compartment differentiation (pages 22-23)

    23. Part 3 Class 2 Video 23: guided practice - lower leg posterior compartment differentiation (pages 22-23)

    24. Part 3 Class 2 Video 24: summary of Class 2 and homework

    25. 2024-10-15 Part 3 Class 2 Q&A - Session 1

    26. Review of knee and lower leg techniques covered so far, plus artery to fibularis brevis.

    27. 2024-10-16 Part 3 Class 2 Q&A - Session 2

    1. Part 3 Class 3 Video 1: story (Lyrea) - attention to anterior compartment of lower leg helped hip

    2. Part 3 Class 3 Video 2: anatomy - anterior compartment of lower leg

    3. Part 3 Class 3 Video 3: mini story (Kier) - lower leg key to addressing knee pain

    4. Part 3 Class 3 Video 4: story (Katrin) - thigh work helped elderly man with weakness attributed to stroke

    5. Part 3 Class 3 Video 5: story (Kier) - thigh work helped 92 year old man with edema in legs

    6. Part 3 Class 3 Video 6: story (Janice) - leg work helped with plantar fasciitis

    7. Part 3 Class 3 Video 7: story (JackiBlu) - after inguinal hernia repair, successfully working with problem side only revealed there was work needed on other side

    8. Part 3 Class 3 Video 8: story (Kier) - working with hypermobile person, focusing on problem area caused distress

    9. Part 3 Class 3 Video 9: story (Kier) - spinal cord injury (Brown-Sequard syndrome), important to follow the listening rather than focus on the dysfunction

    10. Part 3 Class 3 Video 10: story (Kier) - endometriosis, local listening and asking about hand positions

    11. Part 3 Class 3 Video 11: important to pay attention to subtle signs from nervous system

    12. Part 3 Class 3 Video 13: guided practice instructions

    13. Part 3 Class 3 Video 14: guided practice (one thing) - Jenny

    14. Part 3 Class 3 Video 15: guided practice (one thing) - Janice (new scalene area technique)

    15. Part 3 Class 3 Video 16: guided practice (one thing) - Katrin (diaphragm area intercostal work)

    16. Part 3 Class 3 Video 17: check-in (regarding one thing) - Christina and Jenny

    17. Part 3 Class 3 Video 18: demonstration - standing pretests

    18. Part 3 Class 3 Video 19: demonstration on skeleton - supine pretests and long lever nerve work

    19. Part 3 Class 3 Video 20: demonstration on person - supine pretests and posterior compartment differentiation

    20. Part 3 Class 3 Video 21: anatomy - posterior compartment

    21. Part 3 Class 3 Video 22- guided practice - posterior compartment

    22. Part 3 Class 3 Video 23- discussion - posterior compartment

    23. Part 3 Class 3 Video 24- demonstration - test for big toe, working in lateral third of posterior compartment

    24. Part 3 Class 3 Video 25- guided practice - test for big toe, working in lateral third of posterior compartment

    25. Part 3 Class 3 Video 26- variation on how to cue inversion and eversion

    26. Part 3 Class 3 Video 27- story (Shiny) - working with proximal hamstrings was a surprise success when working with a child who had surgery for club feet and physical developmental delay as a result

    27. Part 3 Class 3 Video 28 - question - can you cause microtrauma when you are doing manual NVR

    28. Part 3 Class 3 Video 29 - self-treatment approach to posterior compartment differentiation

    29. 2024-10-22 Manual NVR Part 3 Class 3 Q_A - Session 1

About this course

  • $760.00
  • payment plans available
  • scholarships available